One Direction Can't Agree on How Long Their Break Will Be

Where were you when you heard the news that One Direction was taking a break? More importantly, how did you mourn? Did you cry? Did you light a candle? Did you listen to their albums nonstop for days, telling anyone that would listen — and even people who wouldn't listen — that your life is now directionless?

It's not that the boys haven't deserved it, because they definitely have. After touring and making music nonstop for five years, it's only fair that they get a chance to breathe. But while it was first announced that they'd take about a year off from constantly being on the grind, Liam Payne followed up with the report that they'd be off-duty for two years.

Yeah. 730 days without our boys. How will we ever survive?

But now, Harry Styles has a kernel of good news: we won't have to wait quite that long for new 1D music. Instead, he told Alan Carr the break will last about 18 months. That still may seem like foreverrrr, but bandmate Louis Tomlinson has already found the silver lining. He's looking at this as "a time to reflect," and is saying that it's something fans should do as well — after all, this was a journey we've all been on together.

So which is it, boys? One year? Two? A year and a half? We need to prepare. We need to stock up on provisions. We need to know how long we'll be without new music. We'll...okay, we'll stop being dramatic now, but we will miss you, and we're sure that you're going to come back stronger than ever. After all, you've already been working on new music — and we can't wait to hear it.